Foreign News: Whose Flu?

France was down with the worst case of flu since the disastrous pandemic
that followed World War I, killing an estimated 100,000 Frenchmen. The
flu wave last week threatened to invade Britain, where doctors
nervously checked up on their drug supplies. It had infiltrated Italy,
where Communist propagandists proved that even a sneeze is a weapon in
the class war. Cried Red Unita: "A slight cold, easy to catch these
days, may have fatal consequences for the underprivileged, who
generally lack . . . the money to buy aspirin."

But the situation was worst in France. From Premier Henri Queuille down,
few...